Peloquin S M, Cavazos H, Marion R, Stephenson K S, Pearrow D
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2007 Nov;20(3):136. Epub 2007 Nov 23.
A central recommendation from the Pew Health Commission to educators has been to empower future care providers to function effectively as teams. Administrators and faculty members within a school of allied health sciences thus established an interdisciplinary program where students would learn to function as team members and demonstrate competencies required for practice in diverse, demanding, and continually changing health care environments. Students from five disciplines have participated in featured events, mentored activities and capstone projects, earning credit in an interdisciplinary course of study that complements offerings in their home disciplines.
This follow-up article reports on the progress and development since 2002 of an interdisciplinary program known as Team IDEAL. Formative evaluation measures used to assess satisfaction with the program are presented alongside a discussion of new directions.
Team IDEAL will move forward in a streamlined form that reflects its central aim. IDEAL leadership will remain cognizant of the effects of discipline-specific curricular changes, complex programming, and student perspectives on the process interdisciplinary education.
皮尤健康委员会向教育工作者提出的一项核心建议是，使未来的医疗服务提供者能够有效地作为团队开展工作。因此，一所联合健康科学学院的管理人员和教职员工设立了一个跨学科项目，学生们将在这个项目中学习如何作为团队成员发挥作用，并展示在多样化、要求苛刻且不断变化的医疗环境中执业所需的能力。来自五个学科的学生参与了特色活动、指导活动和顶点项目，在一门跨学科课程学习中获得学分，该课程补充了他们本学科的课程设置。
这篇后续文章报道了一个名为“团队理想”（Team IDEAL）的跨学科项目自2002年以来的进展和发展情况。文中介绍了用于评估对该项目满意度的形成性评估措施，并讨论了新的发展方向。
“团队理想”项目将以精简的形式向前推进，以体现其核心目标。“理想”项目的领导层将继续关注特定学科课程变化、复杂的项目安排以及学生观点对跨学科教育过程的影响。
